Application of a bacterial two-hybrid system for the analysis of protein–protein interactions between FemABX family proteins
Rohrer, Susanne and Berger-Bächi, Brigitte,, 149, 2733-2738 (2003),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26315-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1350-0872,
abstract= Protein–protein interactions play an important role in all cellular processes. The development of two-hybrid systems in yeast and bacteria allows for in vivo assessment of such interactions. Using a recently developed bacterial two-hybrid system, the interactions of the Staphylococcus aureus proteins FemA, FemB and FmhB, members of the FemABX protein family, which is involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis and β-lactam resistance of numerous Gram-positive bacteria, were analysed. While FmhB is involved in the addition of glycine 1 of the pentaglycine interpeptide of S. aureus peptidoglycan, FemA and FemB are specific for glycines 2/3 and 4/5, respectively. FemA–FemA, FemA–FemB and FemB–FemB interactions were found, while FmhB exists solely as a monomer. Interactions detected by the bacterial two-hybrid system were confirmed using the glutathione S-transferase-pulldown assay and gel filtration.,
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